Miles Standish was born in 1843 (month and day unknown) in Posey Township, Washington Co., IN. His mother, Anna Maudlin Standish, died when he was only 10. He had 4 brothers at the time. His father, William Standish, remarried 5 months later to Margaret Jane Buchanan.
Miles Standish enlisted in Indiana on 19 Aug 1862 as a Private. He was a farmer at the time. Service Record shows he enlisted in Company B, Indiana 66th Infantry Regiment out of Livonia, Indiana. Records say he "mustered out on 16 Aug 1864 at Andersonville, GA", but he died there at the Andersonville Prison. (Sources: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the Union)
He was captured at the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky on August 30, 1862. He was wounded in the thigh on August 30, 1862, at the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky according to the September 8, 1862, issue of the Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis). I believed he was later released.
Miles Standish was captured twice. The second time was at the Battle of Collierville, TN. A letter written by fellow soldier, Jeremiah Hall of the 66th Indiana, mentions the capture of Miles Standish at the Battle of Collierville. Jeremiah also wrote a little more about Miles.
This information is confirmed in the obituary of his father William: Miles, a soldier of the late war in Co. B. 66th Ind. Reg., was badly wounded in thigh at Richmond, Ky., but returned to battle in Collierville, TN, was captured and taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia.
Miles died unmarried in the infamous prison. Military records says diarrhea was the cause of death. Family information said he starved to death and lacked water. All is likely true.
Another source of information about Miles Standish was relative John Maudlin who confirms that "Miles was in the Civil War battles of Richmond, Ky. and Collierville, Tenn. The trials while a prisoner of war are recorded in several printed histories of Andersonville Prison. His last day was spent to write home and pray for water. His prayer was answered on the following morning when a spring miraculously burst forth from the barren and trodden ground."
The History of Washington County, Indiana, 1884, page 874, reports that he died of starvation.
Miles Standish enlisted in Indiana on 19 Aug 1862 as a Private. He was a farmer at the time. Service Record shows he enlisted in Company B, Indiana 66th Infantry Regiment out of Livonia, Indiana. Records say he "mustered out on 16 Aug 1864 at Andersonville, GA", but he died there at the Andersonville Prison. (Sources: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the Union)
He was captured at the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky on August 30, 1862. He was wounded in the thigh on August 30, 1862, at the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky according to the September 8, 1862, issue of the Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis). I believed he was later released.
Miles Standish was captured twice. The second time was at the Battle of Collierville, TN. A letter written by fellow soldier, Jeremiah Hall of the 66th Indiana, mentions the capture of Miles Standish at the Battle of Collierville. Jeremiah also wrote a little more about Miles.
This information is confirmed in the obituary of his father William: Miles, a soldier of the late war in Co. B. 66th Ind. Reg., was badly wounded in thigh at Richmond, Ky., but returned to battle in Collierville, TN, was captured and taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia.
Miles died unmarried in the infamous prison. Military records says diarrhea was the cause of death. Family information said he starved to death and lacked water. All is likely true.
Another source of information about Miles Standish was relative John Maudlin who confirms that "Miles was in the Civil War battles of Richmond, Ky. and Collierville, Tenn. The trials while a prisoner of war are recorded in several printed histories of Andersonville Prison. His last day was spent to write home and pray for water. His prayer was answered on the following morning when a spring miraculously burst forth from the barren and trodden ground."
The History of Washington County, Indiana, 1884, page 874, reports that he died of starvation.
Miles Standish was born in 1843 (month and day unknown) in Posey Township, Washington Co., IN. His mother, Anna Maudlin Standish, died when he was only 10. He had 4 brothers at the time. His father, William Standish, remarried 5 months later to Margaret Jane Buchanan.
Miles Standish enlisted in Indiana on 19 Aug 1862 as a Private. He was a farmer at the time. Service Record shows he enlisted in Company B, Indiana 66th Infantry Regiment out of Livonia, Indiana. Records say he "mustered out on 16 Aug 1864 at Andersonville, GA", but he died there at the Andersonville Prison. (Sources: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the Union)
He was captured at the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky on August 30, 1862. He was wounded in the thigh on August 30, 1862, at the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky according to the September 8, 1862, issue of the Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis). I believed he was later released.
Miles Standish was captured twice. The second time was at the Battle of Collierville, TN. A letter written by fellow soldier, Jeremiah Hall of the 66th Indiana, mentions the capture of Miles Standish at the Battle of Collierville. Jeremiah also wrote a little more about Miles.
This information is confirmed in the obituary of his father William: Miles, a soldier of the late war in Co. B. 66th Ind. Reg., was badly wounded in thigh at Richmond, Ky., but returned to battle in Collierville, TN, was captured and taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia.
Miles died unmarried in the infamous prison. Military records says diarrhea was the cause of death. Family information said he starved to death and lacked water. All is likely true.
Another source of information about Miles Standish was relative John Maudlin who confirms that "Miles was in the Civil War battles of Richmond, Ky. and Collierville, Tenn. The trials while a prisoner of war are recorded in several printed histories of Andersonville Prison. His last day was spent to write home and pray for water. His prayer was answered on the following morning when a spring miraculously burst forth from the barren and trodden ground."
The History of Washington County, Indiana, 1884, page 874, reports that he died of starvation.
Miles Standish enlisted in Indiana on 19 Aug 1862 as a Private. He was a farmer at the time. Service Record shows he enlisted in Company B, Indiana 66th Infantry Regiment out of Livonia, Indiana. Records say he "mustered out on 16 Aug 1864 at Andersonville, GA", but he died there at the Andersonville Prison. (Sources: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the Union)
He was captured at the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky on August 30, 1862. He was wounded in the thigh on August 30, 1862, at the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky according to the September 8, 1862, issue of the Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis). I believed he was later released.
Miles Standish was captured twice. The second time was at the Battle of Collierville, TN. A letter written by fellow soldier, Jeremiah Hall of the 66th Indiana, mentions the capture of Miles Standish at the Battle of Collierville. Jeremiah also wrote a little more about Miles.
This information is confirmed in the obituary of his father William: Miles, a soldier of the late war in Co. B. 66th Ind. Reg., was badly wounded in thigh at Richmond, Ky., but returned to battle in Collierville, TN, was captured and taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia.
Miles died unmarried in the infamous prison. Military records says diarrhea was the cause of death. Family information said he starved to death and lacked water. All is likely true.
Another source of information about Miles Standish was relative John Maudlin who confirms that "Miles was in the Civil War battles of Richmond, Ky. and Collierville, Tenn. The trials while a prisoner of war are recorded in several printed histories of Andersonville Prison. His last day was spent to write home and pray for water. His prayer was answered on the following morning when a spring miraculously burst forth from the barren and trodden ground."
The History of Washington County, Indiana, 1884, page 874, reports that he died of starvation.
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